Hi,

I'm Dave Fenlon, and I've been fire performing since 2008. Since then I caught the fire and performing bug and haven't looked back. I love to the opportunity to learn new skills, most recently learning how to do the basics of Poi.

Most of the time when people find out I do fire performing, stilt walking, etc... I get asked "WHY?"

The answer of course is very simple. Why not? Like all skills, there is a great satisfaction in first learning to do something challenging or difficult, and then perfecting it till you make it look impressive and easy. Its fun to do something so completly different to normal, and the audience reaction, (especially the kids) is just the icing on the cake.

Almost always, the second question is "What on earth made you get into that?". Well... my dad is a fairly level headed bloke, and when he showed me a catalogue of days out to try, and asked me to pick one we could do together, he quite sensibly said "No", when I said "that one", pointing at Learn Fire Eating. The following 2-3 months was a battle of stubborness, me saying Yes, him saying No. I think maybe he finally agreed just to shut me up. So we both went! Both learned and while he was happy to say I've done it and have the picture to prove it, I wanted to do more. So credit to my dad, who couragously submitted to peer pressure on my behalf. I've put the picture below to prove to all his mates he really did it.

I've had the opportunity to perform at different locations with the fire performing, with plenty of performances in my home region of the midlands, but also Manchester and Kent, with more new locations this year to come.

I have a lot of people to thank for getting started and set up. In no paticular order; my dad, mum, step-dad and sister for moral, finacial and technical support, my uncle for the name Burning Brummie, Bob for teaching me to eat fire, Hazel for the juggling, Jade for the Poi, The guys I worked with at Bell for my stilts, Rupen for my first audition, and Chris, Carly, Ania, Jenny, Dave and everyone else who have been such a great support to me. Thank you to you all. 

Thanks for for taking the time to read, and if you have any questions, feel free to catch me at one of my performances for a chat, or contact me on enquires@theburningbrummie.co.uk